Machine for applying covers to receptacles.



J. T. BOND. MACHINE FOR APPLYING COVERS T0 REGEPTAULES. APPLIQATIONFILED JAN. 7, 1910.

1,050,606, Patentd Jan. 14, 1913.

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MACHINE FOR APPLYING COVERS TO RECEPTACLES. APPLICATION FILED JAN.7,1910.

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I I I I l I amen/tor Wbbnmw J. T. BOND. MACHINE FOR APPLYING COVERS T0REGBPTAOLES. APPLIUATION FILED JAN.7,1910.

Patefited Jan.14,1913.

J.T.BOND. MACHINE FOR APPLYING COVERS T0 REGEPTACLES. APPLICATION FILEDJAN. 7; 1910.

1,050,606. Patented Jan. 14, 1913.

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J. T. BOND. MACHINE FOR APPLYING COVERS T0 REGEPTAGLES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7,-1910.

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Patented Jan. 14,1913.

D A E BAT-BN1 OFFICE- JOSEPH T. BOND, OF SPENCERVILIQE, MARYLAND,ASSIGNOR TO PURITY PAPER BOTTLE conyona'rro v. or

WASHINGTON, ms'rnrc'r OF COLUMBIA.

MACHINE FOR APPLYING COVERS TO RECEPTACLES.

Specification'oi Letters Patent. I

Patented Jan. 14, 1913.

Application filed .Tanuary'7, 1910. Serial No. 538,946.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, JosErH T. BOND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Spencer-ville, in the county of Montgomery and State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Mschinesfor Applying Covers to Receptacles; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake. and use the same. 1

My invention relates to machines for applying covers to receptacles, hasespecial reference to the manufacture of paper receptacles, in which thecovers pare usually applied by hand which adds considerably to i thecost, and has for its object amachine at the opposi elfectively,

capable of doing the work cost to the rapidly and at a greatly reducedmanufacturer.

The invention consists in certain improve- 'mentsin construction bywhich a cover is applied to "a receptacle at each stroke of the machineor two covers are applied in each cycle of operation, one in the forwardand the other in the return stroke of the machine.

The invention will be fully disclosed in the following specification andclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification:Figure 1 represents a front or side elevation of a machine embodying myinvention. Fig. 1 is avertical transverse section on line l Fig. l,showing-the guide and bearings for the receptacle-support. Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the'machine. 'Fig. 3 is a like view on an enlarged.soale the feed troughs and the operating mechanism being omitted. Fig.4 is a like view of one end of the receptaclesupport, showing areceptacle in the support with a cover partly applied thereto; Fig. 5isan endelevation looking in the directiona'of. the arrow on Fig. 1..Fig. 6 is a Vertical transverse section of the outer feed trough on line6, 6, looking in the direction of the arrowIon Fig. 2,. the supportbeing te end of its. stroke. Fig.7 is an enlarged end .viewof thesupport de-' tached, showing the resilient members, for

guiding and retaining the covert on than areduced 'scale,

the inner side of said bar and ,tric motor, not shown.

'ceptacle and and Fig. 9 is a. detail perspective showing thecoversupport Reference being. had to the drawings and the designatingcharacters thereon, the numeral 1 indicates; a suitable frame on whichthe machine is supported.

2-indicates a longitudinally extending bar provided with a longitudinalslot 3, and on and lower sides of said slot are pro ections 4, 5.

6 indicates a reciprocatory receptaclelongitudinal on the upper supporthaving annular or cylindrical memhers-7, 7, at each end, and theintermediate portion of the support is open on its upper side tore'ceivereceptacles 8 as they are conducted to the support.

which travels in the way 10 between the pro- Je'cttons 4 and 5; and thebar 9 is supported in position on the inside of the bar 2 by ametallicguide 11 secured to bar 2' by suitable bolts, and is provided with arebate or seat- 12 in whichthe bar 9 travels.

On one side of the support is a longitudinally extending bar 9,

.13 is a wrist-pin secured to' the bar 9,

which extends through the slot 3 in the bar 2'and'is engaged by one endof a pi'tman rod 14, the opposite end of which is attached to awrist-pin 15 on a crank-disk 16, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawings. The disk 16 is secured to a shaft 17 which crosses the frame 1transversely at one end thereof and is supported in suitable bearings 1819, and on said shaft 17 is a master-gearwheel'2O engaged by a pinion 21on a shaft 22 supported iii-bearings 23 and 24 and provided with pulleys25 and 26, to be driven by belts from a suitable source of power, suchasa main shaft, or an individualelec- The annular members 7, .7, of thesupport 6 are provided with a plurality of resilient members or fingers28 which extend longitudinally therein, are preferably tapered as shownin Fig. Sand are projected between the inside of flange .29 of the cover30 and the outside of the body of the receptable 8 to guide the coverover the end of the reprevent breaking the end of the body of thereceptacle or cover and allow the escape of air imprisoned in thereceptacle. I The fingers 28 are secured at their heels or inner endstothe flanges 34 of the annularmeinbers 'Z, 7,. in any prethe flange ofthe' ferred manner, leaving 'a space 31 between them an'dthe wall of themembers 7, 7, to receive the flange 29 of the cover and to engage theoutside of the body of the receptacle 8.

On the outer end of each member 7, 1s a radially expansible andcontractible member composed of segments 32 secured to resilientbrackets or' lugs 33, which are attached to the flange 34 on the annularmembers 7, 7, and the adjacent ends of said segments are securedtogether by expansible and contractiblespri'ng loop-pieces 35, so thatsaid segments can expand radially when the flange 29 of the cover 30 isforced over the fingers 28, and the resiliency of the'lugs 33 and theloop-pieces 35 operating on the segments 32 hold said segments inengagement with the flange of the cover, draw the cover over the end ofthe receptacle 8 and retain the cover in position on the receptaclewhile the annular members 7, 7, are being drawn back over the receptacleand the fingers 28 withdrawn from between the flange of the cover andthe body of the receptacle.

36 indicates a cylindrical member immovably supported in the support bya trans verse bar 27 connected to the frame of the machine, or in anypreferred manner. The member 36 is approximately the diameter of thereceptacle8 and serves asan anvil while the cover 30 is being applied,and as an ejector afterwards to expel the receptacle from the support asthe support is drawn back under the receptacle with itscover attached.

37 indicates a cover-support, approximately U-shaped, open at oneend,andlocated at each end of the machine in alinement with the receptaclesupport 6 and ad- I jacent to each end of said support when it reachesthe end of its forward and return strokes respectively.

38, 38, are feed-troughs or chutes for the receptacles 8, and 39, 39,are feed troughs or chutes for the covers 30, arranged adjacent to theformer chutes and in planes parallel therewith. The chutes 38, 38 areprovided with receptacle retainers or stops comprising a shaft 40crossing the chutes and bars-or projections 41, 41, which engage thereceptacle at the lower end of the chute.

43 is a crank on the end of the shaft 40 engaged by a link or rod 44whose opposite end is connected to one arm of a bell- "crank-lever 45,pivotally secured on a bracket 46. the opposite arm 47 of said leverbeing in the path of the flange 34 on each member 7, 7, at the ends ofthe support 6, and are struck thereby as the support approaches each endof its working stroke to release a receptacle 8 and allow it togravitate into the carrier preparatory to the support completing itsstroke and taking a cover 30 from the cover-support 37 and drawing itback over the end of the receptacle. While the lower bars 41 are raisedin the act of releasing a receptacle, the up per bars 42 are moveddownward and engage the next receptacle to prevent it moving down the.chute until the receptacle in front of it has fallen into thereceptacle support.

The shaft 40 and the bars '41, 42, are returned 'to their normalposition and held there by spring 60, secured at one end to a pin 61 onthe shaft 40 and at the opposite end to a post 62 or the like on one ofthe side walls of the chute 38. The' cover-support 37, is supported onan extension 48 of the chute 39, and normally sets out away from theextension to balance the cover 30 so that it will maintain a verticalposition in the support for entrance into the outer end of the section 7of the carrier when it is forced into the expanded end thereof andseized thereby.

49, 49, are pins on the support 37 which are connected to a bar 50, onwhich is a pin 51 surrounded by a spring 52, one end of which rests onsaid bar 50 and the opposite end bears against a fixed lug 54. On saidbar 50 is secured a rod 55 having a pin 56 at its outer end whichprojects or extends through the side of the chute 39 and forms a stopfor arresting the covers as they gravitate down the chute. The pin 56 iscarried outward with the support 37 and automatically releases a coveras the iupport is struck by the end of the annular member 7, of thesupport 6 at each end of the stroke of the machine, and said parts arereturned to their normal position by the spring 52.

Changes may be made in details of the construction without departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully describedmy invention, what I claim is 1. In a machineof the class described, a reciprocatory receptacle-support,concentrically arranged resilient members within the support extendinglongitudinally thereof and adapted to extend between the body and theflange of the cover of the receptacle and surround the body to guide thecover on one end of the receptacle, means for applying the cover to thereceptacle, and means for expelling the receptacle from the support.

2. In a machine of the class described, a reciprocatory receptaclesupport, concentrimembers at each end of the support adapted to extendbetween the body and the flange of the cover of the receptacles to guidethe cover on one end of each'receptacle, means at each end of thesupport for applying the covers to the receptacles, and means forexpelling receptacles from each end of the support alternately.

3. In a machine of the class described, a

reciprocatory rectptacle-support, concentrically arranged means withinthe support adapted to extend between the body and the flange of thecover of a receptacle and surround the body for guiding the cover on oneend of the receptacle, means for applying and retaining the cover on thereceptacle, and means for expelling t-lie.receptaclc from the support.

4. In a machine of the class described, a reciprocatoryreceptacle-support, means within the support at each end adapted toextend bet-Ween the body and the flange of the cover of a receptacle forguiding the cover on one end of the receptacles, means at each end ofthe support for applying and retaining the cover to the receptacles, andmeans for expelling the receptacle from the support.

5. In a machine of the class described, a reciprocatory receptacle-support, resilient members within the support adapted to extend betweenthe body and the flange of the cover of a receptacle for guiding thecover on one end of the receptacle, a resilient member for applying andretaining the cover on the receptacle, and means for expelling thereceptacle from the support.

(5. In a machine of the class described, a reciprocatoryreceptacle-support, resilientmembers within the support adapted to ex-.

tend between the body and the flange of the cover of a receptacle forguidingthe cover on the receptacle, a resilient member for applying andretaining the cover on the receptacle, means for supplying receptaclesto the support, means for supplying covers adjacent to the end'of thereceptacle support, and means for expelling receptacles from saidsupport.

7. In a machine of the class described, a support for receptacles havinglongitudinally extending resilient members at the end thereof adapted toextend between the body and the flange of the cover of a receptacle .forguiding the cover on the receptacle, an

expansible and contractible member for applying and retaining the coveron the re ce'ptacle, and means for expelling the receptacle from saidsupport.

8. In a machine of the class described, a support for receptacles openat one side and one end to receive and discharge receptacles therefrom,an annular member at the end thereof provided with longitudinallyextending resilient fingers arranged around the interior thereof, and aradially expansible and contractible member beyond said fingers, meansfor engaging the closed end of the receptacle while the cover is being"applied and for expelling the receptacles from said sup orts.

9. In a mac ine of the class described, a reciprocatory receptaclesupport having an annular member at the end' thereofprovidcover, and anexpansible and cont-ractible a 'chute for supplyin ed withlongitudinally extending resilient members adapted to extend between thebody and the flange of the cover of a receptacle, and an expansible andcontractible member to engage the exterior of said flange, means forengaging the closed end of the receptacle while the cover is beingapplied, and for expelling the receptacle from the support.

10. In a machine of the class described, a reciprocatory receptaclesupport having an annular member at each end thereof, provided withlongitudinally extending resilient members adapted to extend between thebody of the receptacle and the flange of the member to engage theexterior of said flange, means for engaging the closed end of thereceptacle while the cover is being ap-' plied and for expelling thereceptacle from the support.

11. In a machine of the class described, a reciprocatoryreceptacle-support provided with means for applying a cover to one endof a receptacle, a laterally movable support for a cover adjacent to, inalinement with and operated by said receptacle-support, and means forengaging the closed end of the receptacle while the cover is'beingapplied.

12. In a machine of the class described, a. longitudinally reciprocatoryreceptaclesupport provided with means at each end thereof engaging thebody and the flange of the cover of a receptacle for applying a cover tothe receptacle, means for supporting a cover at each end of the machineand in the longitudinal plane of said receptacle support, means forconducting receptacles to said receptacle-support at each end of itsreciprocatory movement, means for conducting covers to saidcover-support, and means operated by said receptaclesupport forantomatic ally supplying receptacles and' covers.

, 13. In a machine of the class described, a longitudinallyreciprocatory receptacleo sup .ort, means for conducting receptacles tosai support, a chute for supplying covers, a support for covers attachedto said chute and in alinement with said receptacle-support, means forretaining receptacles in their 5 conductor, means for retaining coversin their chute and trip-mechanism operated by the receptacle support forreleasing the re- I ceptacles and covers intermittently.

14. In a machine of the class described, 2 a longitudinally slotted bar,a reciprocatory receptacle-support engaging said bar, means forsupplying receptacles to said support,

covers, a cover support attached to said 0 ate in alinement with saidreceptacle-support, means for operating the receptacle-support, andmeans for applying covers to the receptacles.

15. In a machine of the class described, a longitudinally reciprocatoryreceptacle- 9 the support,

support, means for supplying receptacles to said means comprising achute, a shaft crossing said chute and provided with fixed bars ofdiflerent lengths project-- ing from opposite sides thereof, andconnections between the receptacle-support and said shaft for operatingthe shaft to intermittently arrest and release receptacles in said chutein their approach to said support.

16. In a machine of the class described, a receptacle-support havingcylindrical ends provided with longitudinally extending resilientmembers adapted to extend between the body of the receptacle and theflange of the cover, and radially expansible and contractible membersfor engaging the outside of the flange of the cover.

17.'In a machine of the class described, a longitudinally movablereceptacle support, means for supplying receptacles to said support, achute for supplying covers, a movable cover-support connected to oneside of said chute and operated by the receptaclesupport toautomatically release covers.

18. In a machine of the class described, a longitudinally movablereceptacle-support,

means for supplying receptacles, a chute for supplying covers, acover-support approximately U- haped connected 'to said chute a movablecover releasing device operated by the rece tacle support, and means forrestoring the support and the releasing device to their normalpositions.

19. In a machine of the class described, a longitudinally reciprocatoryreceptaclesupport, means for supplying receptacles, means forintermittently arresting and releasing receptacles, acover-support inlongitudinal alinement with the receptacle-support, means forintermittently arresting and releasing covers, and means for applyingcovers to receptacles, said reciprocatory receptacle-support beingadapted to operate the receptacle arresting and releasing device and thecover arresting and releasing device.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH '1. BOND.

Witnesses:

D. C. REINoHL, PHILIP F. LARNER.

